Amazon Linux AMI : nss (ALAS-2011-21)

It was found that the Malaysia-based Digicert Sdn. Bhd. subordinate Certificate Authority CA issued HTTPS certificates with weak keys. This update renders any HTTPS certificates signed by that CA as untrusted. This covers all uses of the certificates, including SSL, S/MIME, and code signing. Note...

Amazon Linux AMI : mysql51 (ALAS-2012-145)

A stack-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the user permission checking code in MySQL. An authenticated database user could use this flaw to crash the mysqld daemon or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the mysqld daemon. CVE-2012-5611 C Tenable...

Amazon Linux AMI : httpd (ALAS-2013-174)

Multiple cross-site scripting XSS vulnerabilities in the balancerhandler function in the manager interface in modproxybalancer.c in the modproxybalancer module in the Apache HTTP Server 2.2.x before 2.2.24-dev and 2.4.x before 2.4.4 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML vi...

Amazon Linux AMI : php (ALAS-2012-95)

Integer overflow in the pharparsetarfile function in tar.c in the phar extension in PHP before 5.3.14 and 5.4.x before 5.4.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service application crash or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted tar file that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow...

Amazon Linux AMI : kernel (ALAS-2012-55)

A buffer overflow flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's XFS file system implementation handled links with overly long path names. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to cause a denial of service or escalate their privileges by mounting a specially crafted disk. CVE-2011-4077 ,...

Amazon Linux AMI : dbus (ALAS-2012-128)

It was discovered that the D-Bus library honored environment settings even when running with elevated privileges. A local attacker could possibly use this flaw to escalate their privileges, by setting specific environment variables before running a setuid or setgid application linked against the...

Amazon Linux AMI : perl-YAML-LibYAML (ALAS-2012-69)

Multiple format string vulnerabilities in the error reporting functionality in the YAML::LibYAML aka YAML-LibYAML and perl-YAML-LibYAML module 0.38 for Perl allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service process crash via format string specifiers in a 1 YAML stream to the Load function, 2 YA...

Amazon Linux AMI : lighttpd (ALAS-2013-179)

The httprequestsplitvalue function in request.c in lighttpd before 1.4.32 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service infinite loop via a request with a header containing an empty token, as demonstrated using the 'Connection: TE,,Keep-Alive' header. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The...

Amazon Linux AMI : socat (ALAS-2013-202)

socat 1.2.0.0 before 1.7.2.2 and 2.0.0-b1 before 2.0.0-b6, when used for a listen type address and the fork option is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service file descriptor consumption via multiple request that are refused based on the 1 sourceport, 2 lowport, 3 range, or 4...

Amazon Linux AMI : httpd (ALAS-2011-01)

The MITRE CVE database describes CVE-2011-3192 as : The byterange filter in the Apache HTTP Server 1.3.x, 2.0.x through 2.0.64, and 2.2.x through 2.2.19 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service memory and CPU consumption via a Range header that expresses multiple overlapping ranges, a...

Amazon Linux AMI : openvpn (ALAS-2013-201)

The openvpndecrypt function in crypto.c in OpenVPN 2.3.0 and earlier, when running in UDP mode, allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a timing attack involving an HMAC comparison function that does not run in constant time and a padding oracle attack on the CBC mode cipher. ...

Amazon Linux AMI : nrpe (ALAS-2013-203)

Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in nrpc.c in Nagios Remote Plug-In Executor NRPE before 2.14 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary shell commands via '$' shell metacharacters, which are processed by bash. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in...

Amazon Linux AMI : java-1.6.0-openjdk (ALAS-2013-163)

An improper permission check issue was discovered in the JMX component in OpenJDK. An untrusted Java application or applet could use this flaw to bypass Java sandbox restrictions. CVE-2013-1486 It was discovered that OpenJDK leaked timing information when decrypting TLS/SSL protocol encrypted...

Amazon Linux AMI : openssh (ALAS-2013-165)

Due to the way the pamsshagentauth PAM module was built, the glibc's error function was called rather than the intended error function in pamsshagentauth to report errors. As these two functions expect different arguments, it was possible for an attacker to cause an application using...

Amazon Linux AMI : nginx (ALAS-2011-30)

Heap-based buffer overflow in compression-pointer processing in core/ngxresolver.c in nginx before 1.0.10 allows remote resolvers to cause a denial of service daemon crash or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long response. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and...

Amazon Linux AMI : java-1.7.0-openjdk (ALAS-2013-183)

Multiple flaws were discovered in the font layout engine in the 2D component. An untrusted Java application or applet could possibly use these flaws to trigger Java Virtual Machine memory corruption. CVE-2013-1569 , CVE-2013-2383 , CVE-2013-2384 Multiple improper permission check issues were...

Amazon Linux AMI : freetype (ALAS-2011-08)

The MITRE CVE database describes CVE-2011-3256 as : FreeType 2 before 2.4.7, as used in CoreGraphics in Apple iOS before 5, Mandriva Enterprise Server 5, and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service memory corruption via a crafted fon...

Amazon Linux AMI : texlive (ALAS-2012-48)

TeX Live embeds a copy of t1lib. The t1lib library allows you to rasterize bitmaps from PostScript Type 1 fonts. The following issues affect t1lib code : Two heap-based buffer overflow flaws were found in the way t1lib processed Adobe Font Metrics AFM files. If a specially crafted font file was...

Amazon Linux AMI : kernel (ALAS-2012-133)

An integer overflow flaw was found in the i915gemdoexecbuffer function in the Intel i915 driver in the Linux kernel. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected 32-bit systems. CVE-2012-2384 , Moderate A memory leak flaw was found in the w...

Amazon Linux AMI : freetype (ALAS-2011-20)

Multiple input validation flaws were found in the way FreeType processed CID-keyed fonts. If a specially crafted font file was loaded by an application linked against FreeType, it could cause the application to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running...